Tara Reade Calls on Biden to Drop Out of Presidential Race

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Former vice president Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Los Angeles, Calif., March 4, 2020. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

Tara Reade, former Senate staffer for Joe Biden, called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race in an interview with Megyn Kelly on Thursday.

“I want to say, you were there, Joe Biden. Please, step forward and be held accountable. You should not be running on character for the president of the United States,” Reade said. Reade alleges that Biden sexually assaulted her in Spring 1993, a charge that Biden has denied.

“You want him to withdraw?” Kelly asked. “I wish he would. He won’t, but I wish he would. That’s how I feel emotionally,” Reade responded.

Reade also decried what she called the Biden campaign’s “hypocrisy” in how it treated her allegations, mentioning that she has received a death threat and that “it’s been stunning how some of his surrogates with the blue checks…have been saying really horrible things about me and to me.”

Prominent Democratic officials have proclaimed their support for Biden in the face of Reade’s allegations, which have been partially corroborated in testimony from former friends and neighbors. In particular, prospective picks for vice president, including Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar and failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, have backed Biden.

“[Biden] answered questions directly and has been open and transparent with the American people, and I am proud to be supporting him,” Klobuchar said in a statement on Tuesday.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) has also come out in support of Biden. Gillibrand suggested in 2018 that the FBI should investigate allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was then in the midst of confirmation hearings.

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Zachary Evans is a news writer for National Review Online. He is a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces and a trained violist.

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15 Comments

  1. Not only is he a sex abuser of women, he is also a pedophile grabbing little girls in weird ways. He needs to be locked up.

        1. If this Tara Reade allegation is sufficient grounds for Biden to withdraw from the campaign, Trump should also withdraw, since it is an established fact (i.e., he was caught on tape admitting it) that he is a serial abuser of women and a serial adulterer.

          But there is no evidence that Biden did what Tara Reade claims he did. She deserves to be heard but unless there is other coorborating evidence, it is a case of “he said, she said.” And who is more credible? Why did she wait so many years to bring this up? At this point in time Biden is more credible.

          So is she on the Republican payroll?

    1. YES, this creepy pedophile has no business in the WH. It is the good fortune of the American Citizens that this POS has no chance of beating President Trump in November.

  2. Tara Reade has it all wrong. We don’t want Biden to drop out. We want him to be the Democratic candidate, just so Trump can kick their butts again!

    1. Why would anyone want Donald Trump an autocratic idiot to be in office any longer??? what is wrong with you it is not about just him and Biden it is about America and the American people and the direction this country is headed are you to blind to see that Donald Trump wants to rule this country not Govern.

      1. Hey BOBBY!!! You better seek medical assistance because I think your brain is either dissolving or it’s packed to the brim with who knows what, or you’re just some dumb POS who doesn’t see the greatest President in the history of America!! He’s done more for the people and less for the ‘SWAMP-SCUM” than any president ever!! What category do you fit into?? Have a nice day!!

    2. In your dreams! Trump is down in the polls agains Biden and his numbers will keep dropping as his mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic becomes ever more obvious to everyone and the economy keeps tanking. And every time the Orange Oaf holds a press conference and makes a fool of himself his numbers drop.

  3. Where was this TARA when Biden was VP? 1993..come on, I am really not believing her, many reasons why. Trump paid off women with checks with his campaign on, and you all didn’t see that huh? I voted for Trump this last time, BUT won’t this time. He cooked his own goose on alot of things HE SAID….I would like to know just how much Tara is worth, for she got paid somehow, its the somehow and why…Tara continued to work, so get assaulted and stay.? hummmmm.. Alot of these women look the same,,,,man, go figure…

  4. Please don’t drop out Joe. Donald will wipe the floor with you, and you’ve got it coming.

  5. So Stephanie!! You aren’t voting then?? Cause if you think Trump is an a-hole, what must you think about a Pedophile, thief, who swims naked in his pool in front of women Secret Service Agents, lies through his teeth, and hates America? What would you do if these were your daughters, assuming you’re not twelve?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-YjGmpO4Q

  6. Tara Reade is a democrat plant/excuse to get rid of Biden. The democrats know they can’t win with him and are looking for any excuse to get him off the ticket and insert a ringer.

  7. I’m 74 years of age and I used to consider myself a Democrat, but I can honestly say I could never vote Democrat again after listening to their lies and seeing how they want this country to become communist, and they don’t care who crosses our borders legal or illegal, and they seem to thrive on the news media liars and the Democratic governors are siding with the crooked news media.

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